* 2. Include this script: * 3. Create charts with minimal configuration - colors are auto-applied! */ (function() { 'use strict'; // ========================================================================== // READ COLORS FROM CSS CUSTOM PROPERTIES // This ensures chart colors stay in sync with the theme // ========================================================================== /** * Get a CSS custom property value from :root */ function getCSSVar(name, fallback = '') { if (typeof getComputedStyle === 'undefined') return fallback; const value = getComputedStyle(document.documentElement).getPropertyValue(name).trim(); return value || fallback; } /** * Build palette from CSS custom properties (with fallbacks) */ function buildPaletteFromCSS() { return { // Primary brand colors dartmouthGreen: getCSSVar('--dartmouth-green', '#00693e'), textPrimary: getCSSVar('--text-primary', '#0a2518'), textSecondary: getCSSVar('--text-secondary', '#0a3d23'), // Chart colors (from CSS --chart-color-N variables) chartColors: [ getCSSVar('--chart-color-1', '#00693e'), getCSSVar('--chart-color-2', '#267aba'), getCSSVar('--chart-color-3', '#ffa00f'), getCSSVar('--chart-color-4', '#9d162e'), getCSSVar('--chart-color-5', '#8a6996'), getCSSVar('--chart-color-6', '#a5d75f'), getCSSVar('--chart-color-7', '#003c73'), getCSSVar('--chart-color-8', '#d94415'), getCSSVar('--chart-color-9', '#643c20'), getCSSVar('--chart-color-10', '#c4dd88'), getCSSVar('--chart-color-11', '#f5dc69'), getCSSVar('--chart-color-12', '#424141'), ], // Background colors (semi-transparent versions) chartBgColors: [ getCSSVar('--chart-bg-1', 'rgba(0, 105, 62, 0.5)'), getCSSVar('--chart-bg-2', 'rgba(38, 122, 186, 0.5)'), getCSSVar('--chart-bg-3', 'rgba(255, 160, 15, 0.5)'), getCSSVar('--chart-bg-4', 'rgba(157, 22, 46, 0.5)'), getCSSVar('--chart-bg-5', 'rgba(138, 105, 150, 0.5)'), getCSSVar('--chart-bg-6', 'rgba(165, 215, 95, 0.5)'), ], // Semantic colors positive: getCSSVar('--chart-positive', '#00693e'), negative: getCSSVar('--chart-negative', '#9d162e'), neutral: getCSSVar('--chart-neutral', '#424141'), highlight: getCSSVar('--chart-highlight', '#ffa00f'), // Grid and axis colors gridLight: getCSSVar('--chart-grid-light', 'rgba(0, 105, 62, 0.1)'), gridMedium: getCSSVar('--chart-grid-medium', 'rgba(0, 105, 62, 0.15)'), gridDark: getCSSVar('--chart-grid-dark', 'rgba(0, 105, 62, 0.2)'), axisColor: getCSSVar('--chart-axis-color', '#0a2518'), // Font fontFamily: getCSSVar('--chart-font-family', "'Avenir LT Std', 'Avenir', 'Avenir Next', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, sans-serif"), }; } // Initialize palette (will be populated when DOM is ready) let CDL_PALETTE = null; // For convenience, expose primary chart colors array let CHART_COLORS = null; // ========================================================================== // FONT CONFIGURATION // Responsive font sizes based on typical Marp slide dimensions (1280x720) // ========================================================================== const FONT_CONFIG = { sizes: { title: 22, // Chart title subtitle: 18, // Subtitle legend: 16, // Legend labels axisTitle: 18, // Axis titles axisTicks: 16, // Axis tick labels tooltip: 14, // Tooltip text dataLabels: 14, // Data labels on charts }, weight: { normal: 400, medium: 500, bold: 600, }, }; // ========================================================================== // HELPER FUNCTIONS // ========================================================================== /** * Ensure palette is initialized */ function ensurePalette() { if (!CDL_PALETTE) { CDL_PALETTE = buildPaletteFromCSS(); CHART_COLORS = CDL_PALETTE.chartColors; } return CDL_PALETTE; } /** * Get color for a dataset at given index * Cycles through palette if more datasets than colors */ function getColor(index) { ensurePalette(); return CHART_COLORS[index % CHART_COLORS.length]; } /** * Get color with alpha transparency */ function getColorWithAlpha(color, alpha) { // Handle hex colors if (color.startsWith('#')) { const r = parseInt(color.slice(1, 3), 16); const g = parseInt(color.slice(3, 5), 16); const b = parseInt(color.slice(5, 7), 16); return `rgba(${r}, ${g}, ${b}, ${alpha})`; } // Handle rgba colors if (color.startsWith('rgba')) { return color.replace(/[\d.]+\)$/, `${alpha})`); } return color; } /** * Generate colors for all datasets in chart data * Automatically assigns colors if not specified */ function autoAssignColors(data, chartType) { if (!data || !data.datasets) return data; data.datasets.forEach((dataset, index) => { const baseColor = getColor(index); // Only assign colors if not already specified switch (chartType) { case 'bar': case 'horizontalBar': if (!dataset.backgroundColor) { dataset.backgroundColor = baseColor; } if (!dataset.borderColor) { dataset.borderColor = baseColor; } if (dataset.borderWidth === undefined) { dataset.borderWidth = 2; } break; case 'line': if (!dataset.borderColor) { dataset.borderColor = baseColor; } if (!dataset.backgroundColor) { dataset.backgroundColor = getColorWithAlpha(baseColor, 0.1); } if (dataset.borderWidth === undefined) { dataset.borderWidth = 3; } if (dataset.pointRadius === undefined) { dataset.pointRadius = 6; } if (!dataset.pointBackgroundColor) { dataset.pointBackgroundColor = baseColor; } if (dataset.tension === undefined) { dataset.tension = 0.3; } break; case 'scatter': case 'bubble': if (!dataset.backgroundColor) { dataset.backgroundColor = baseColor; } if (!dataset.borderColor) { dataset.borderColor = baseColor; } if (dataset.pointRadius === undefined) { dataset.pointRadius = 15; } if (dataset.pointHoverRadius === undefined) { dataset.pointHoverRadius = 18; } break; case 'pie': case 'doughnut': case 'polarArea': // For pie charts, we need multiple colors for one dataset if (!dataset.backgroundColor) { const numItems = dataset.data ? dataset.data.length : 6; dataset.backgroundColor = []; for (let i = 0; i < numItems; i++) { dataset.backgroundColor.push(getColor(i)); } } if (!dataset.borderColor) { dataset.borderColor = '#d8d8d8'; // Slide background } if (dataset.borderWidth === undefined) { dataset.borderWidth = 2; } break; case 'radar': if (!dataset.borderColor) { dataset.borderColor = baseColor; } if (!dataset.backgroundColor) { dataset.backgroundColor = getColorWithAlpha(baseColor, 0.2); } if (dataset.borderWidth === undefined) { dataset.borderWidth = 2; } if (dataset.pointRadius === undefined) { dataset.pointRadius = 4; } if (!dataset.pointBackgroundColor) { dataset.pointBackgroundColor = baseColor; } break; default: // Generic color assignment if (!dataset.backgroundColor) { dataset.backgroundColor = baseColor; } if (!dataset.borderColor) { dataset.borderColor = baseColor; } } }); return data; } // ========================================================================== // CHART.JS GLOBAL DEFAULTS // ========================================================================== function applyGlobalDefaults() { if (typeof Chart === 'undefined') { console.warn('Chart.js not loaded. chart-defaults.js requires Chart.js to be loaded first.'); return false; } // Ensure palette is loaded from CSS const palette = ensurePalette(); // Font defaults Chart.defaults.font.family = palette.fontFamily; Chart.defaults.font.size = FONT_CONFIG.sizes.axisTicks; Chart.defaults.color = palette.textPrimary; // Responsive defaults Chart.defaults.responsive = true; Chart.defaults.maintainAspectRatio = false; // Animation (subtle) Chart.defaults.animation.duration = 400; // Plugin defaults // Legend Chart.defaults.plugins.legend.labels.font = { family: palette.fontFamily, size: FONT_CONFIG.sizes.legend, weight: FONT_CONFIG.weight.normal, }; Chart.defaults.plugins.legend.labels.color = palette.textPrimary; Chart.defaults.plugins.legend.labels.usePointStyle = true; Chart.defaults.plugins.legend.labels.padding = 20; // Title Chart.defaults.plugins.title.font = { family: palette.fontFamily, size: FONT_CONFIG.sizes.title, weight: FONT_CONFIG.weight.medium, }; Chart.defaults.plugins.title.color = palette.textPrimary; // Tooltip Chart.defaults.plugins.tooltip.backgroundColor = palette.textPrimary; Chart.defaults.plugins.tooltip.titleFont = { family: palette.fontFamily, size: FONT_CONFIG.sizes.tooltip, weight: FONT_CONFIG.weight.medium, }; Chart.defaults.plugins.tooltip.bodyFont = { family: palette.fontFamily, size: FONT_CONFIG.sizes.tooltip, }; Chart.defaults.plugins.tooltip.cornerRadius = 4; Chart.defaults.plugins.tooltip.padding = 10; // Scale defaults (for cartesian charts) // These need to be applied per-scale type const scaleDefaults = { grid: { color: palette.gridLight, lineWidth: 1, }, border: { color: palette.gridDark, width: 1, }, ticks: { font: { family: palette.fontFamily, size: FONT_CONFIG.sizes.axisTicks, }, color: palette.textPrimary, }, title: { font: { family: palette.fontFamily, size: FONT_CONFIG.sizes.axisTitle, weight: FONT_CONFIG.weight.normal, }, color: palette.textPrimary, }, }; // Apply scale defaults to linear scale if (Chart.defaults.scales && Chart.defaults.scales.linear) { if (Chart.defaults.scales.linear.grid) Object.assign(Chart.defaults.scales.linear.grid, scaleDefaults.grid); if (Chart.defaults.scales.linear.border) Object.assign(Chart.defaults.scales.linear.border, scaleDefaults.border); if (Chart.defaults.scales.linear.ticks) Object.assign(Chart.defaults.scales.linear.ticks, scaleDefaults.ticks); if (Chart.defaults.scales.linear.title) Object.assign(Chart.defaults.scales.linear.title, scaleDefaults.title); } // Apply scale defaults to category scale if (Chart.defaults.scales && Chart.defaults.scales.category) { if (Chart.defaults.scales.category.grid) Object.assign(Chart.defaults.scales.category.grid, scaleDefaults.grid); if (Chart.defaults.scales.category.border) Object.assign(Chart.defaults.scales.category.border, scaleDefaults.border); if (Chart.defaults.scales.category.ticks) Object.assign(Chart.defaults.scales.category.ticks, scaleDefaults.ticks); if (Chart.defaults.scales.category.title) Object.assign(Chart.defaults.scales.category.title, scaleDefaults.title); } // Apply scale defaults to logarithmic scale if (Chart.defaults.scales && Chart.defaults.scales.logarithmic) { if (Chart.defaults.scales.logarithmic.grid) Object.assign(Chart.defaults.scales.logarithmic.grid, scaleDefaults.grid); if (Chart.defaults.scales.logarithmic.border) Object.assign(Chart.defaults.scales.logarithmic.border, scaleDefaults.border); if (Chart.defaults.scales.logarithmic.ticks) Object.assign(Chart.defaults.scales.logarithmic.ticks, scaleDefaults.ticks); if (Chart.defaults.scales.logarithmic.title) Object.assign(Chart.defaults.scales.logarithmic.title, scaleDefaults.title); } // Apply scale defaults to radial scale (for radar charts) if (Chart.defaults.scales && Chart.defaults.scales.radialLinear) { if (Chart.defaults.scales.radialLinear.grid) Chart.defaults.scales.radialLinear.grid.color = palette.gridLight; if (Chart.defaults.scales.radialLinear.angleLines) Chart.defaults.scales.radialLinear.angleLines.color = palette.gridMedium; if (Chart.defaults.scales.radialLinear.pointLabels) { Chart.defaults.scales.radialLinear.pointLabels.font = { family: palette.fontFamily, size: FONT_CONFIG.sizes.axisTicks, }; Chart.defaults.scales.radialLinear.pointLabels.color = palette.textPrimary; } } return true; } // ========================================================================== // CHART WRAPPER FOR AUTO-STYLING // ========================================================================== /** * Wrap the Chart constructor to automatically apply CDL styling */ function wrapChartConstructor() { if (typeof Chart === 'undefined') return; const OriginalChart = Chart; // Create a wrapper that auto-applies colors window.Chart = function(ctx, config) { // Auto-assign colors if not specified if (config && config.data) { config.data = autoAssignColors(config.data, config.type); } // Merge default options for specific chart types if (config && config.options) { config.options = applyChartTypeDefaults(config.type, config.options); } // Call original constructor return new OriginalChart(ctx, config); }; // Copy static properties and methods Object.setPrototypeOf(window.Chart, OriginalChart); Object.assign(window.Chart, OriginalChart); // Preserve the prototype chain window.Chart.prototype = OriginalChart.prototype; } /** * Apply chart-type specific defaults */ function applyChartTypeDefaults(chartType, userOptions) { const options = { ...userOptions }; switch (chartType) { case 'bar': case 'horizontalBar': // Bar chart defaults if (!options.scales) options.scales = {}; if (!options.scales.x) options.scales.x = {}; if (!options.scales.y) options.scales.y = {}; // Hide x-axis grid for cleaner look if (options.scales.x.grid === undefined) { options.scales.x.grid = { display: false }; } break; case 'line': // Line chart defaults if (!options.interaction) { options.interaction = { intersect: false, mode: 'index' }; } break; case 'pie': case 'doughnut': // Pie/doughnut defaults if (!options.plugins) options.plugins = {}; if (options.plugins.legend === undefined) { const palette = ensurePalette(); options.plugins.legend = { position: 'right', labels: { font: { family: palette.fontFamily, size: FONT_CONFIG.sizes.legend, }, color: palette.textPrimary, padding: 15, }, }; } break; case 'radar': // Radar chart defaults - keep as-is, scale defaults applied globally break; case 'scatter': case 'bubble': // Scatter/bubble defaults if (!options.scales) options.scales = {}; if (!options.scales.x) options.scales.x = {}; if (!options.scales.y) options.scales.y = {}; break; } return options; } // ========================================================================== // CONVENIENCE FUNCTIONS FOR USERS // Exposed on window.CDLChart for easy access // ========================================================================== window.CDLChart = { // Color palette access (getters to ensure lazy initialization) get colors() { return ensurePalette().chartColors; }, get palette() { return ensurePalette(); }, // Get specific color by index getColor: getColor, // Get color with transparency getColorWithAlpha: getColorWithAlpha, // Get array of colors for a specific count getColors: function(count) { ensurePalette(); const result = []; for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) { result.push(getColor(i)); } return result; }, // Font configuration fonts: FONT_CONFIG, // Quick chart creation helpers // These create minimal config that auto-applies all styling /** * Create a simple bar chart * @param {string} canvasId - Canvas element ID * @param {string[]} labels - X-axis labels * @param {number[]} data - Data values * @param {object} options - Optional overrides */ bar: function(canvasId, labels, data, options = {}) { return new Chart(document.getElementById(canvasId), { type: 'bar', data: { labels: labels, datasets: [{ data: data }], }, options: { plugins: { legend: { display: false } }, ...options, }, }); }, /** * Create a simple line chart * @param {string} canvasId - Canvas element ID * @param {string[]} labels - X-axis labels * @param {Array} datasets - Array of {label, data} objects * @param {object} options - Optional overrides */ line: function(canvasId, labels, datasets, options = {}) { return new Chart(document.getElementById(canvasId), { type: 'line', data: { labels: labels, datasets: datasets.map(ds => ({ label: ds.label, data: ds.data, fill: ds.fill !== undefined ? ds.fill : true, })), }, options: options, }); }, /** * Create a simple pie chart * @param {string} canvasId - Canvas element ID * @param {string[]} labels - Slice labels * @param {number[]} data - Data values * @param {object} options - Optional overrides */ pie: function(canvasId, labels, data, options = {}) { return new Chart(document.getElementById(canvasId), { type: 'pie', data: { labels: labels, datasets: [{ data: data }], }, options: options, }); }, /** * Create a simple scatter chart * @param {string} canvasId - Canvas element ID * @param {Array} datasets - Array of {label, data: [{x, y}]} objects * @param {object} options - Optional overrides */ scatter: function(canvasId, datasets, options = {}) { return new Chart(document.getElementById(canvasId), { type: 'scatter', data: { datasets: datasets.map(ds => ({ label: ds.label, data: ds.data, })), }, options: options, }); }, /** * Create a doughnut chart * @param {string} canvasId - Canvas element ID * @param {string[]} labels - Slice labels * @param {number[]} data - Data values * @param {object} options - Optional overrides */ doughnut: function(canvasId, labels, data, options = {}) { return new Chart(document.getElementById(canvasId), { type: 'doughnut', data: { labels: labels, datasets: [{ data: data }], }, options: options, }); }, /** * Create a radar chart * @param {string} canvasId - Canvas element ID * @param {string[]} labels - Axis labels * @param {Array} datasets - Array of {label, data} objects * @param {object} options - Optional overrides */ radar: function(canvasId, labels, datasets, options = {}) { return new Chart(document.getElementById(canvasId), { type: 'radar', data: { labels: labels, datasets: datasets.map(ds => ({ label: ds.label, data: ds.data, })), }, options: options, }); }, }; // ========================================================================== // INITIALIZATION // ========================================================================== function initialize() { // Wait for Chart.js to be available if (typeof Chart !== 'undefined') { applyGlobalDefaults(); wrapChartConstructor(); console.log('CDL Chart defaults applied successfully.'); return true; } else { // Chart.js not yet loaded - wait and retry let retries = 0; const maxRetries = 50; // 5 seconds max wait const checkInterval = setInterval(function() { retries++; if (typeof Chart !== 'undefined') { clearInterval(checkInterval); applyGlobalDefaults(); wrapChartConstructor(); console.log('CDL Chart defaults applied successfully (after waiting for Chart.js).'); } else if (retries >= maxRetries) { clearInterval(checkInterval); console.warn('Chart.js not found after waiting. CDL Chart defaults not applied.'); } }, 100); return false; } } // Initialize IMMEDIATELY - this must run BEFORE any chart creation scripts // Chart.js CDN should be loaded before this script initialize(); })();
| Method | Speed | Quality | OOV Handling |
|---|---|---|---|
| Word2Vec | Fast | Good | None |
| GloVe | Fast | Good | None |
| FastText | Medium | Good | Excellent |
| BERT | Slow | Excellent | Good |
| GPT | Slow | Excellent | Good |
| Feature | Python | JavaScript | Rust | Go | Ruby | Julia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type System | Dynamic | Dynamic | Static | Static | Dynamic | Dynamic |
| Memory Management | GC | GC | Ownership | GC | GC | GC |
| Concurrency | GIL | Event Loop | Fearless | Goroutines | GIL | Tasks |
| Package Manager | pip | npm | cargo | go mod | gem | Pkg |
| REPL | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Compile Speed | N/A | N/A | Slow | Fast | N/A | JIT |
| Runtime Speed | Slow | Medium | Fast | Fast | Slow | Fast |
| Learning Curve | Easy | Easy | Hard | Medium | Easy | Medium |
| Web Framework | Django | Express | Actix | Gin | Rails | Genie |
| ML Libraries | Excellent | Good | Growing | Limited | Limited | Good |
| Feature | Python | JavaScript | Rust | Go | Ruby | Julia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Size | Huge | Huge | Growing | Large | Medium | Small |
| First Release | 1991 | 1995 | 2015 | 2009 | 1995 | 2012 |
```flow [Markdown:blue] --> [Preprocess:teal] --> [Marp CLI:green] --> [Output:orange] ``` <!-- caption: The CDL Slides compilation pipeline -->
Manim renders math animations to GIF. Use animate code blocks.
```animate height: 400 width: 600 create axes x=[0,6.28,1.57] y=[-1.5,1.5,0.5] as ax draw ax plot "np.sin(x)" on ax color=river-blue stroke=6 as wave draw wave write equation "y = \sin(x)" as label above ax fade-in label ```
create axes, plot — graphswrite equation/text — math/textfade-in/out, transform — animateSee README for full docs.
```animate
height: 350
width: 600
scale: 2.5
write equation "\int_0^\infty e^{-x^2} dx" as eq at center
wait 0.5
fade-in eq
```
Sizes: emoji-sm, emoji-md, emoji-lg, emoji-xl. Backgrounds: emoji-bg-navy, emoji-bg-green, emoji-bg-orange, emoji-bg-purple, emoji-bg-teal.
When slides have dense content, use scale directives to fit everything.
<!-- _class: scale-80 --> reduces to 80%scale-50 to scale-95Notice how more content fits compared to default 100% scaling.
CDL Slides compiles Markdown into multiple presentation formats:
| Format | Flag | Use case |
|---|---|---|
| HTML | --format html |
Interactive browser slides |
--format pdf |
Printable, shareable documents | |
| PPTX | --format pptx |
Editable PowerPoint files |
| Both | --format both |
HTML + PDF (default) |
1cdl-slides compile slides.md # HTML + PDF (default)
2cdl-slides compile slides.md -f pptx # PowerPoint only
1pip install cdl-slides
2cdl-slides compile your_presentation.md